1943年11月10日，雷科（Recco）市遭到彻底摧毁。英国皇家空军二十二架轰炸机投下33吨炸药，试图炸毁该镇标志性建筑——铁路桥；该桥是纳粹-法西斯部队补给线的关键节点。此次空袭造成大量平民死亡，并几乎完全摧毁了这座典型的利古里亚（Ligurian）小镇，全城被夷为平地。次日（11月11日），铁路桥周边地貌呈现出一幅幽灵般的景象：这座利万特（Levante）海岸最富诗意的村庄之一已不复存在，仅余数栋房屋与零星几处纪念碑幸存。在随后的重建年代，包括市政厅大楼设计者路易吉·维埃蒂（Luigi Vietti）在内的多位著名建筑师受邀参与城镇复兴工作。空袭中罹难的还包括一座建于15世纪的宏伟方济各会（Franciscan）建筑群的大部分，其中教堂几乎被完全摧毁。

On November 10, 1943, the city of Recco was destroyed forever. Twenty-two bombers of the British Royal Air Force dropped 33 tons of explosives, attempting to demolish the railway bridge, an iconic element of the town and a crucial point for the supply of Nazi-fascist troops. The bombing caused the deaths of numerous civilians and almost completely destroyed the characteristic Ligurian village. The town was razed to the ground. On November 11, the landscape around the railway bridge bore the spectral image of one of the most picturesque villages on the Levante coast: Recco was now only a memory, with only a few houses and a few scattered monuments left intact. During the years of reconstruction, some renowned architects were called upon to revive the town, including Luigi Vietti, the designer of the Town Hall building. Among the victims of the bombing was a large part of a beautiful Franciscan complex dating back to the 1400s, of which the church was almost entirely destroyed.